Barber&#39;s comb



H. L. DODGE.

BARBER'S COMB.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.23, 1520.

1,359,343, Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

HORACE L. DODGE, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

BARBERS COMB.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nut-r, 16, 1920.

Application filed September 23, 1920. Serial No. 412,245.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE in Dover, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica. residing at Richmond. in the" county of Henrico and State ofVirginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Barbers Combs, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a guiding or gaging comb fordirecting the operation or path of movement of the shears in cutting ortrimming hair to the end that uniformity in the cutting operation may besecured without the exercise of that skill which is necessary under theordina y conditions and which usually is possessed only by barbers orthose who have made business of cutting hair and have had rela-- tivelylong experience in that connection; and incidentally it is an object ofthe invention to provide a comb directing or guiding means which isadjustable with relation to the plane of the comb so as to provide forvarying the distance between the same and the head of the person whosehair is being out or trimmed, to the end that preferred variations inthe length of the hair or the portion of the hair to remain, may bemodified to suit the preference of the wearer, the plane of operation ofthe shears with re lation to the head of the wearer being determined bythe distance between the plane of the comb and the head; and with theseobjects in view the invention consists in a construction and combinationof parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the drawings,whereinc- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a comb embodying theinvention.

Fig. 2 is an edge View of the same.

Fig. 3 is a detail section on the'piane indi cated by the line 3-3 ofFig. 2.

The comb 10 illustrated in the drawing is in general features of aconventional form having the teeth 11, and for convenience a handle 12may be arranged at one end thereof, and carried by the comb in thetransverse plane of the back or untoothed portion thereof is a guide bar13 disposed in substantial parallelism with the plane of the comb andpreferably rounded so that it may be readily moved over the surface ofthe head of the person whose hair is being cut, to position the comb ina plane at a uniform distance from the surface of the head at allportions of the latter, the upper or outer surface of the comb as in theordinary practice serving as the guide or rest for the shears used incutting the hair and being employed to cut that portion of the hairwhich projects throughor between the teeth of th comb and extends abovethe plane thereof. The indicated arrangement, with the guide bar bearingon the surface of the head with the comb outermost to serve as a guidefor the shears is obviously the preferred arrangement in trimming hairbut obviously the reverse arrangement may under certain circumstancesand in accordance with the preference of the operator be adopted inwhich event the comb would be disposed adjacent to the surface of thehead with the rod serving as the guide to determine the plane of cuttingoperation of the shears which may be disposed to rest upon said rod.

Preferably provision is made for varying thedistance between the guiderod and the plane of the comb as by equipping the rod adjacent to oneend with parallel stems 14: extending through openings 15 in the comband engaged by thumb nuts 16, coiled springs 17 being arranged upon saidstems between the plane of the comb and the rod, so that by looseningthe thumb nuts the distance between the rod and the plane of the combwill be increased by the expansive action of the springs, whereas bytightening the thumb screws, the rod will be drawn toward the plane ofthe comb in opposition to the action of the springs.

A further advantage in the use of the expansion springs is that theyserve to yieldingly position the guide rod with relation to' the planeof the comb so as to exert a yielding pressure upon the head of-theperson whose hair is being cut, as the comb is manipulated by means ofthe handle 12.

At the opposite end of the comb from the handle 12 there is preferablyprovided an extension 18 having teeth 19 arranged in a reversed relationto the teeth 11 for use in engaging hair near the ears or where the useof the body portion of the comb would involve difliculty or interferenceby reason of the location of the guide rod.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is 1.A hair cutting comb having a guide rod extended in substantialparallelism with the plane thereof and movable toward and from saidplane.

2. A hair cutting comb having a guide rod provided with stems fitted inguide openings in'the comb and means for securing said stems with therod in adjusted relations to the plane of the comb.

3. A hair cutting comb having in combination therewith a guide roddisposed in ;vary the difference between the same and the plane of thecomb, andadjusting nuts engaged with said stems for securing the rod ints ZLClJHS'CGC]. positions. 7

4. A hair cutting comb having. a guide rod disposed in parallelismtherewith and provided with stems extended through guide openings in thecomb and fitted with thumb nuts, and springs interposed between the saidrod and the comb for yieldingly ho1ding the former in spaced relationwiththe latter.

5. A hair cutting comb having a guide rod disposed in substantialparallelism with the plane thereof and provided beyond the extremity ofsaid rod with an extension havmg teeth disposed in reversed relation tothose of the comb.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

- ACE L. DODGE.

